(3 hours later: After the concert)
"Justin, Chris, JC, Joey, Lance! You all did so well tonight! I'm so proud of y'all!" I screamed backstage.
I went up to them and kissed them all on the cheek. I whispered something in each one's ear. (Justin-We're…Chris-telling…JC-M…Joey-T…Lance-V) When they all heard what each said…they said it in order.
"We're," Justin said.
"Telling," Chris said.
"M," JC said puzzled.
"T," Joey said.
"V," Lance said.
Suddenly, Justin shouted, "We're telling MTV! Jessica! Now? Come with me! We have to tell them! Everyone will know by tomorrow! We can watch 1515 together for our announcement." He ran up to me and hugged me really tight.
We went out to the tour bus, because that's where MTV was scheduled to interview the guys. Justin decided we should be cuddled up on the leather couch in the TV room, and act surprised when they come in.
In about 30 minutes, someone knocked on the door.
From the other side of the door, Chris called out, "Justin? Are you in there?" Just like we had planned.
Justin called back "Yeah, I'm in here, come in."
But, he didn't move. Chris opened the door, and walked in with the MTV cameras. John Norris was also with him.
"Hi, Justin," John said and almost instantly, 3 chairs were set up.
Justin got up, sat down and motioned for me to sit down next to him.
"Hi Justin," John said again when we were all seated. "How are you doing?"
"Hey John! I haven't seen you in a while man! I'm chill…what about you?"
"Actually, I'm doing great." Motioning to me, he said, "Now, whom do we have here."
"Hi, I'm Jessica Marintino." I said shaking his hand.
"Jess is Jive's brand new recording artist. She's on tour with us right now to get a taste of how tour life is, and she is also writing up interviews with us before and after each concert. Those interviews then get posted on our website," Justin said.
"Really? That's really cool," John said with slight enthusiasm in his voice.
"Jessica's also my girlfriend. We've been dating just over a month now," Justin said with a smile on his face. Then he leaned over and kissed my cheek.
"That's really sweet guys, I hope you do really well. Jessica, I wish you luck!" he said.
"Thank you," I said, standing up to shake his hand. Justin gave me a puzzled look, but stood up and kissed me.
"Bye! I hope I'll see you again John!" I said.
I left the room, and sat down on my bunk. Chris came and sat down next to me.
"He was kinda rude wasn't he?" Chris asked putting his arm around my shoulders. He could see the tears forming in my eyes. "Don't worry about it. Justin was the last person they needed to talk to. They'll leave in about 30 minutes. Or at least they should. Or else, John (their bus driver) will tell them that we have to be in the next state by 5 in the morning."
"Thanks Chris," I said.
MTV left in about 45 minutes, which wasn't too bad.
"Jessica…I'm so sorry baby. I would never think he was going to be that rude to you!" Justin said when they left.
"That's okay. Really," I said with hopefully some assurance in my voice.
"No, it's not okay at all. He wasn't very appreciating of you. I'm really pissed. I can't believe he made you feel like you had to leave. I can't believe it."
Justin kept saying stuff like that. He was obviously pissed off. Suddenly, he pulled out his cell phone and called MTV studios.
I heard, "Yeah, John Norris came. I wasn't too happy with him. He pissed me off. What did he do? He fucking made my girlfriend leave the room after he was 'done' with her. That's so fucking un-cool. She came in to say hi and we announced that we were dating and that she was in the process of recording. Yes, and then Mr. Norris says 'Yeah, okay, that's great, I wish you luck." Jessica felt obligated to get up and leave. How do you think that make her feel? Like shit, that's how! Nice talking to you. Bye."
"Justin!!! Why did you do that? Huh? I can't believe you!" I said actually laughing. "You're going to get in so much trouble! You really are! Isn't he JC?"
JC replied, "Justin, just expect a call from Johnny soon."
Just then, Justin's cell phone rang. "Hey Johnny." He gave me a worried look. "Oh, really? You're kidding me. Wow, I thought I was done for. Thanks man, Bye." He started laughing. "Johnny said that he was proud of me for telling MTV off. He said that he instructed us to tell them and he kinda blew us off. So screw them."
"Just that's so funny! I can't believe him!" I said laughing.
